Nothing too memorable about the drive today, just reminders of what an arid, inhospitable place most of Arizona is.....
We diverted off the highway to call into a town called Seligman, which is on the famous old Route 66. What a hoot - it was full of memorabilia - old 1960s Police Cars, and posters, etc.... A real time warp. Most of the tourists are also old farts like us - the younger generation has no interest in Route 66, and in fact, probably have no idea what anyone is talking about. Actually ran into two groups of men doing the Route - one group of Aussies and another of Kiwis....
We also drove through another town (name not known now!), and it seemed that actually many hundreds of people lived there..... These houses were planted amongst scrub, rocks and red dirt. There did not seem to be ANY possible reason for this town to be there, I couldn't fathom what anyone would do for a living, and in fact it looked like Hell - only worse - death would be slow........
We finally arrived at Bullhead City, temperature about 35 degrees, or more, and you also wonder what on earth this city is doing here. It is in the bottom of a deep valley, through which runs the mighty Colorado River - again sustaining life.
This town is also Indian owned, the Mojave Indians this time, and they own the local Casino (in whose RV park we're staying). No real reason to be here, we're actually en route to Death Valley tomorrow......
We had dinner, courtesy of our tour leader, at the Casino tonight. Another Buffet...... OMG, if I never see another buffet meal again it will be too soon. The food continues to be barely edible, and I'm truly sick to death of bad food......
Cheers...
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